List of web 2.0 tools for instruction

By Tony Bates, on May 3rd, 2010

Lloyd, M. (2010) 18 Web 2.0 tools for instruction Campus Technology, April 28

This very useful article asks two experts, Sarah Robbins (aka Intellagirl), of the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University-Bloomington, and Mark Frydenberg of Bentley University, to pick their favourite web 2.0 tools for instruction. Here’s their choices (read the article [...]

May 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Technology, Web 2.0, audio, blogs in learning, geolocation, mobile learning, open source, podcasting, research tools, social software, video, wikis | 4 comments

More news from the eLearning Africa 2010 conference

By Tony Bates, on March 31st, 2010

The news portal for the eLearning Africa 2010 conference in Lusaka, Zambia, between May 26-28 has the following news items about presentations to be made at the conference:

Haggards, S. (2010) African Digital Diaries – Portraits of Ad Hoc eLearning in Africa, eLearning Africa 2010 News Portal, March 31

This is a podcast about [...]

March 31st, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: Africa, Bibliography, Featured, Strategies, planning and management, Teaching and learning, Technology, digital natives, international and cultural issues, laptops, learners, national, regional and international strategies, open content, partnership and consortia, podcasting, vocational and work-based training | Leave a comment

Quality podcasting in social work

By Tony Bates, on March 25th, 2010

Schaffhauser, D. (2010) Producing a Podcast: Lessons from U Buffalo School of Social Work Campus Technology, 24 March

This is the first of two articles on the use of podcasting at the University of Buffalo to attract students into taking social work programs from the university. I particularly liked this article because it goes [...]

March 25th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Teaching and learning, Technology, audio, course design, podcasting, social studies, subject areas | Leave a comment

Open University UK major provider on iTunes U

By Tony Bates, on March 3rd, 2010

The Open University (2010) The Open University hits ten million downloads on iTunes U In Partnership Milton Keynes UK: The Open University

Over ten million Open University tracks have been downloaded from iTunes U, the dedicated learning zone within the iTunes Store. Open University tracks on iTunes U cover a huge range of subjects, [...]

March 3rd, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: Bibliography, Technology, audio, mobile learning, open source, podcasting, video | Leave a comment

Learning technologies in engineering education

By Tony Bates, on February 13th, 2010

Regular readers will know that I believe that ‘real’ engineering is one of the tougher areas for e-learning, because of the need for hands-on experience with equipment and materials (see ‘Can you teach ‘real’ engineering at a distance?’). Simulations and animations are obvious uses, but often expensive and difficult to develop.

So I was [...]

February 13th, 2010 | Category: Bibliography, Featured, Teaching and learning, Technology, audio, collaborative learning, developing intellectual skills, engineering, learning theories, lectures, podcasting, simulations, animations and games, subject areas | Leave a comment
 
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